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Wednesday 28 October 2015
Friday 23 October 2015
Should you keep you smartphone for overnight charging?
Most of the smartphones hardly give a full day of battery backup and the best way to start the day is to keep the battery level at 100%. There are many users who are now using power banks and there many who still keep their smartphone on charge for the whole night. But it is a good option to keep your phone on charge overnight?
Definitely not! , the latest smartphones that are available today comes with over charge protection, that does help to some extent but not really helpful, when you have kept your phone on charge for a longer time. On an average it takes around less than 3 hours to charge the battery on most smartphones.
So in case you put your handset on charging for the whole night, it will get charged in less than 3 hours – assume you sleep for 8 hours. You see you are unnecessarily charging the handset for almost double the time it takes for a full charge.
What happens when the smartphone battery is fully charged and it is still connected to the charger?In this case the charging stops and smartphone will consume power from the battery, but as soon as the charge drops to say 99% / 98% the charging process will begin again and when it reaches 100% it will stop. The process goes on and on in a loop, this will not damage the battery but in the long run will age the battery faster, you might experience faster drain and phone switching off suddenly, sudden big battery % drop and ultimately a dead battery.
So what is the best method for charging the handset overnight or for a longer time unattended?
Well the first option is to avoid charging at night or for a long period when you know that the handset will get charged much faster and you will not be able to monitor it.
The 2nd option is to use smartphones that use a new technique that solves this issue and also does not age the battery. I am not sure about other smartphones but the Lenovo ZUK Z1 does come with a new protection. This requires an extra chips (on the hardware) but quite effective.
So how does this new method on ZUK Z1 work?
Put the ZUK Z1 on charge for the whole night, it does get charged quickly, when battery reaches 100%, the charging will stop and in fact even the battery will stop working – the smartphone will then directly get power from the charger bypassing the battery. Cool, isn’t it.
Monday 19 October 2015
Sunday 18 October 2015
Buying an iPhone 6 instead of an iPhone 6s is not a good idea
So the iPhone 6s has just hit stores in India today, and it somehow seems like Apple has put plenty of effort into the new one with a big leap in internal hardware processing capabilities as well. Basically, Apple delivered with the iPhone 6s back in September, what it should have delivered with the iPhone 6 itself.
The good news is, that those who waited over a year with their iPhone 5s or an Android smartphone, have a great piece of hardware to purchase.
With the iPhone 6s you get an all new display with 3D Touch with software tweaks like Peek and Pop, and a new A9 processor that beats the pants off its Android counterparts even though it just sports two cores. Of course, the next big thing in Apple hardware is the RAM, which is now rated at 2 GB instead of the 1 GB that came on the iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus last year. Then of course comes full time OIS with an upgraded 12 MP sensor and 5 MP one up front. And let’s not forget 4K video recording.
All-in-all, it is a massive hardware leap, so big that the iPhone 6s is the first iPhone to get such a performance jump in hardware specs from its non-s siblings.
The iPhone 6s is expensive
Coming to what everyone in India is talking about, the price. And they are ridiculous, no matter how much someone may convince you (just like I did in the previous paragraph) to buy one. Rs 62,000 for a base model with just 16 GB of internal storage is clearly a rip off! And then we have everything in between with the decent 64 GB versions of both iPhones costing Rs 72,000 and Rs 82,000 respectively; with the top of the line 128 GB iPhone 6s Plus retailing for an earth shattering Rs 92,000 (that’s Rs 8000 less to a Rs 1 lakh by the way).
But hey it is hard to tell the difference between the iPhone 6 and the 6s even though the latter is a bit thicker and heavier you just cannot tell the difference until someone in the room asks you to show off 3D Touch.
Should you buy an iPhone 6 instead?
So the big question is, with the new iPhone 6s being so expensive, should you get the older model for less?
The answer is NO.
Yes, there is a massive difference in the prices and yes, the iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus will not be losing software support from Apple any time soon.
When I purchased my iPhone 6 Plus (64 GB) back in 2015, it was as fast as it needed to be. Apps opened and closed with ease on iOS 8 my only worry was the optimisation of apps by developers to the new iPhone 6 display sizes (a bigger display means more lines of text).
And while I was a bit sceptical about Apple launching another Plus model, Apple knew that power users wanted a bigger display and better battery life and they got that with the Plus.
But the only crack that was visible back then, was 1 GB of RAM. Still then I decided to take the leap and purchase it because I wanted to try out iOS after years of Android dedication and the bigger battery did make sense.
1 GB of RAM worked well, that is until iOS 8.2 arrived and although it had plenty of glitches, that 1 GB of RAM began to show its cracks in places like Safari’s Tabs and even scrolling through native apps.However, iOS 8 was not a massive leap. iOS 9, is.
iOS 9 needs more RAM
After the launch of iOS 9 owners of the iPhone 6 also began complaining. The thing is Apple packed in so many new features that performance and stability went for toss. That 1 GB of RAM with the new proactive Siri, Spotlight Search and more, simply could not keep up. Even native apps like the recent contacts list began to stutter while scrolling and the keyboard takes time to pop-up, in a not so iOS way.
And today with iOS 9.0.2, it is a disaster. Mind you that there are no WiFried issues any more 9 (from iOS 8), but more related to stability that make iOS 9.0.2 feel as lag-ridden as a developer beta. On my iPhone 6 Plus, I have to turn off animations (goodbye buttery smooth animations), turn off transparency (goodbye see through glass notifications bar) and I have even turned off Background app refresh and Siri to keep my iPhone running as smooth as it was on iOS 8.4.1.
Frankly speaking, I did not pay Apple Rs 72,000 to run an iPhone with accessibility settings turned on 6 months later.
So in short no, it does not make any sense purchasing an older iPhone, because the minimum hardware requirements have been raised and Apple can do little about it. Innovation needs better hardware and those stuck with an iPhone 6 have to deal with it (Windows 10 smartphone upgraders in Microsoft’s camp, you are next).
What should you do?
Well, you could contact your relative in the US to get you an iPhone 6s for cheap or you could simply go in for a Nexus device from Google, which will deliver a level of consistency that iOS has but on Android.
Else, you will have to just wait till the demand drops along with the prices and the iPhone 6s gets some price cuts in the coming months.
Or you could simply wait till Apple optimises the iPhone 6 to run smoother in the last iOS 9 update. After that iOS 10 arrives and you have to go through the same ordeal all over again.
Saturday 17 October 2015
How to get 3D Touch and Live Photos without an iPhone 6s
h the debut of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus last month, Apple introduced several new features that are exclusive to the latest iPhone hardware. However, as in previous years, the recent release of a jailbreak for iOS 9 has allowed some of these features to be activated on older devices without requiring a new iPhone.
While you won’t be able to get things like the increased performance afforded by the A9 chip or the ability to record 4K video, you will be able to get a few strictly software-based features. Keep reading to learn how to enable 3D Touch shortcuts on your Home screen and Live Photos in the Camera app.
3D Touch shortcuts
You still won’t be able to take advantage of 3D Touch system-wide due to the lack of a force-sensitive display on older iPhones, but you can still benefit from the shortcuts available on the Home screen. A new, free tweak called Forcy will allow you to swipe up on your home screen icons to access their 3D Touch menus.
Forcy was even updated today with a new setting that lets you switch the gesture to a long press. Doing so will let you swipe up on the icons to enter “wiggle mode” for rearranging or deleting apps. An option to enable a vibration, or haptic feedback, when you activate the tweak has also been added.
You can download Forcy from the BigBoss repo for free.
Live Photos
To easily activate the Live Photos feature, you can use the popular and versatile Flex tweak. Flex allows you to download simple but powerful patches. One of the few camera patches available for iOS 9+ right now can enable Live Photos on older devices.
Once you’ve activated the patch, you can find the Live Photos button at the top of the Camera app. Turning the feature on will let you snap the same Live Photos you’ll find on the iPhone 6s minus the bumped up 12MP resolution. To play back the video portion of the recording, you just have to do a long press on the image, no “force” required.
A second option for enabling this feature is also available. This tweak, while less versatile than Flex, it will activate Live Photos in the Camera app without any issues.
Flex is available on the BigBoss repo for $3.99. EnableLivePhotos is free.
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Thursday 15 October 2015
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Saturday 10 October 2015
Voyage to the Dark Side: A Fair Glance at the iPhone 6S+ From a Google Lover
As a fan of all things technology and mobile, I’ve owned countless Android devices but also every single iPhone. I remember in 2007 when I was a symbian user and the iPhone was just coming out; I thought a full touchscreen phone was completely idiotic. On a whim I ventured out to an Apple store and handled the first iPhone. I was instantly sold on the concept. Since then, Android and iOS have both taken very different paths to arrive at a similar point today: incredibly mature and great mobile operating systems, even if for different folks.
“The 6S+ is not a small device. Apple smartphones are unnecessarily large by today’s standards.”
This year I preordered the newest iPhone, as I do every year. For the first time I opted for the “Plus” model. Go big or go home… and this is indeed a big phone. I’ve been using it since for almost two weeks now, and I wanted to share a few thoughts about the experience.
Using Google in the land of iOS:
For the most part, on iOS the Google experience is OK. Google provides apps that are frequently updated – sometimes quicker than their Android equivalents. Hangouts, in particular, is a far far better experience on iOS. I’m not only referring to being on version 5.1 already. There are so many bugs present on Android that are absolutely non-existent on the iOS version.This reddit thread’s comments list plenty of bugs that I’ve experienced on Android. Again, none of these are present on the iOS version. The app is also quicker to launch and has none of the frequent hangs and lags I notice on the Android version. It may seem ridiculous that there is a better hangouts experience on iOS, and I’d agree. I’ve run out of reasons to defend the pretty bad hangouts experience on Android, especially with the latest bugs.
On Cameras and Catching up:
For years now the best mobile camera experience was usually an iPhone. Things changed in 2015 however, and companies like LG and Samsung are seriously bringing it in the camera department. The G4 and SGS6/Note5 all offer outstanding camera experiences. Even Motorola finally has a serviceable, dare I say “good,” camera. Bringing it back to the 6S+, the experience is as expected: pretty good. The new 12MP camera takes good pictures and it focuses and takes them quickly. I’m a big fan of the 4:3 format, so I’m happy to see the sensor maintain that ratio. Overall 2015 mobile cameras have become incredibly impressive. Below are some sample photos from the 6S+.
Multitasking, Android, and TouchWiz?
This year marks a huge bump for iOS – Apple moved up to 2GB of RAM. Meanwhile, in Android land we’re getting flagships (and even cheap phones!) with 4GB of ram. It’s easy to look at these two numbers in a vacuum and think that the multitasking experience on iOS will be awful. I would politely disagree. In my personal experience I find I run into reloading webpages and apps far less frequently than I do on my Note 5 – but then again, the reason why is obvious to most of us by now. I’m sure this a combination of factors: iOS/Android app programming, restrictive background multitasking in iOS, Samsung’s questionable software expertise… Regardless of the why, iOS multitasking is much better than it has been or I expected. The new 3D touch multitasking gesture is eventually very intuitive as well. Which brings us to our next section…
3D Touch, Long Overdue Long Press Replacement:
The main headline feature of the new iPhone is easily 3D touch. Our own Brian Young wrote a piece on force touch a couple months ago that’s worth a read. He claimed Force Touch (and thus 3D touch) could be a paradigm shift in how we interact with devices. In a the short few weeks I’ve used 3D touch I remain very impressed with the feature. It’s easy to handwave away the concept at large and just call it a “long press,” but that’s missing the point. The ability to “peek” and “pop” into content independent of time is a very slick use case. You can also 3d touch on the left side of the display and swipe right to access the recent apps menu. Additionally, getting to specific parts of applications with a long press from the springboard is also a quick way to shave off valuable milliseconds. Right now, 3D touch is useful, but the real appeal is in the future. Developers have a history of adopting new Apple features, and it will be exciting to see where they go with 3D touch. Eventually, that could reach Android as other OEMs go down Huawei’s route and bring it in as well.
Other Random Thoughts:
The “taptic engine” (read: vibration motor) is amazing and I want no more of the old rotary vibration motors in devices.The Note5 feels much better in the hand than the 6S+. The 6S+ is not a small device. Apple smartphones are unnecessarily large by today’s standards.The new TouchID is frighteningly fast. You really don’t’ see the lock screen often.I still prefer Android’s notification handling by a country mile, Apple needs serious work on that front.Apple’s displays and calibrations remain commendable. The Note5 display is outstanding as well, but Apple still hangs close with a traditional “painted on” LCD.Apple’s build quality remains impressive.Battery life on the 6S+ is outstanding. Standby drain is almost non-existent, and I often have 40-50% left at the end of the day. The smaller 6S packs a significantly smaller battery and likely doesn’t last nearly as long however.
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Sunday 4 October 2015
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